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This Page Last Updated: October 29, 2008


1 .   Look up the plant desired by its common name in the left hand column.  There are separate entries for the various common names for a given species to help locate it quickly. 

2.  Click on the name to go to our database information about that plant.

3.  To go to a particular Group, click on that Group's button either at the top or bottom of this page. 


 
GROUP I
HARDY, EASY TO GROW
GROUP II
FAIRLY HARDY
GROUP III
DIFFICULT AT TIMES
GROUP IV
CHALLENGING, DIFFICULT TO GROW
GROUP V
NON-WOODY PLANTS

PLANT ANALYSIS

 
COMMON  NAME                 
SCIENTIFIC  NAME      
HARDINESS  GROUP  TYPE
Acacia
African Sumac
Akebia, Japanese
Aleppo Pine
Apple, Crab
Arborvitae, Oriental
Arizona Ash
Ash, Arizona
Atriplex
Australian Bush Cherry
Australian Tea Tree
Bald Cypress
Bamboo, Heavenly
Banyan, Chinese
Barbados Cherry
Black Olive
Bottlebrush, Weeping
Bougainvillea
Boxwood, Japanese
Brittlebush
Burt Davyii Fig
Bush Cherry, Australian
Buttonwood
California Juniper
California Pepper Tree
Camellia
Cape Honeysuckle
Carob
Salt Cedar
Chaste Tree
Cherry, Australian Bush
Cherry, Barbados
Chinese Banyan
Chinese Elm
Chinese Sweet Plum
Chinese Tallow Tree
Citrus
Crab Apple
Crape Myrtle
Creosote
Cypress, Bald
Desert Fern
Desert Willow
Dwarf Jade
Dwarf Myrtle
Dwarf Pomegranate
Dwarf Powder Puff
(Acacia sp.)
(Rhus lancea)
(Akebia quinata)
(Pinus halepensis)
(Malus sp.)
(Platycladus/Thuja orientalis)
(Fraxinus velutina)
(Fraxinus velutina)
(Atriplex sp.)
(Syzygium paniculatum)
(Leptospermum scoparium)
(Taxodium distichum)
(Nandina domestica)
(Ficus microcarpa nitida)
(Malpighia glabra)
(Bucida spinosa)
(Callistemon viminalis)
(Bougainvillea sp.)
(Buxus microphylla japonica)
(Encelia farinosa)
(Ficus burt-davyii)
(Syzygium paniculatum)
(Conocarpus erectus)
(Juniperus californica)
(Schinus molle)
(Camellia sp.)
(Tecomaria capensis)
(Ceratonia siliqua)
(Tamarix sp.)
(Vitex agnus-castus)
(Syzygium paniculatum)
(Malpighia glabra)
(Ficus microcarpa nitida)
(Ulmus parvifolia)
(Sageretia theezens)
(Sapium sebiferum)
(Citrus sp.)
(Malus sp.)
(Lagerstroemia indica)
(Larrea tridentata)
(Taxodium distichum)
(Lysiloma thornberi)
(Chilopsis linearis)
(Portulacaria afra)
(Myrtus communis 'Compacta')
(Punica granatum 'Nana')
(Calliandra eriophylla)
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Ebony, Mexican
Ebony, Texas
Eleagnus
Eldarica Pine
Elephant Tree
Elephant Tree
Elephant's Food
Elm, Chinese
Elm, Japanese Gray-Bark
Emu Bush
Eucalyptus
English Ivy
Euonymus, Evergreen
European Grape
Evergreen Euonymus
Fairy Duster
Feather Bush
Fig, Burt Davyii
Fig, Indian Laurel
Fig, Narrow-leaf
Fig, Willow-leaf
Fig, Weeping
Firethorn
Flowering Pear
Fragrant Elephant Tree
Fukien Tea
Gardenia
Ginkgo
Goldwater Pine
Grape, European
Greasewood
Gum Tree
Hackberry, Reticulated or Western
Hawaiian Elf Schefflera
Heather, Mexican
Heavenly Bamboo
Holly, Yaupon
Honeysuckle, Cape
Hornbeam
Ironwood
Italian Stone Pine
Ivy, English
Jabily Tree
Jacaranda
Jade, Dwarf
Japanese Akebia
Japanese Black Pine
Japanese Boxwood
Japanese Contorted Quince
Japanese Flowering Plum
Japanese Gray-Bark Elm
Japanese Maple
Japanese Privet
Jasmine, Orange
Juniper, California
Juniper, Procumben
Juniper, Prostrate
Juniper, San Jose
Juniper, Shore
Lady Palm
Lantana
Lavender Starflower
Liquidamber
Magnolia
Maidenhair Tree
Manzanita
Maple, Japanese
Maple, Trident
Melaleuca, Pink
Mesquite
Mexican Ebony
Mexican Heather
Monk's Pepper
Mulberry, White
Myrtle, Crape
Myrtle, Dwarf
Myrtle, Twisted
(Havardia mexicana)
(Ebenopsis ebano)
(Eleagnus sp.)
(Pinus eldarica)
(Bursera microphylla)
(Pachycormus discolor)
(Portulacaria afra)
(Ulmus parvifolia)
(Zelkova serrata)
(Eremophila sp.)
(Eucalyptus sp.)
(Hedera helix)
(Euonymus japonica)
(Vitis vinifera)
(Euonymus japonica)
(Calliandra eriophylla)
(Lysiloma thornberi)
(Ficus burt-davyii)
(Ficus microcarpa nitida)
(Ficus nerifolia)
(Ficus nerifolia)
(Ficus benjamina)
(Pyracantha sp.)
(Pyrus calleryana)
(Bursera fagaroides)
(Ehretia microphylla)
(Gardenia augusta)
(Ginkgo biloba)
(Pinus eldarica)
(Vitis vinifera)
(Larrea tridentata)
(Eucalyptus sp.)
(Celtis reticulata)
(Schefflera arboricola)
(Cuphea hyssopifolia)
(Nandina domestica)
(Ilex vomitoria)
(Tecomaria capensis)
(Carpinus sp.)
(Olneya tesota)
(Pinus pinea)
(Hedera helix)
(Operculicarya decaryi)
(Jacaranda mimosifolia)
(Portulacaria afra)
(Akebia quinata)
(Pinus thunbergii)
(Buxus microphylla japonica)
(Chaenomeles lagenaria)
(Prunus mume)
(Zelkova serrata)
(Acer palmatum)
(Ligustrum japonicum)
(Murraya exotica)
(Juniperus californica)
(Juniperus procumbens 'Nana')
(Juniperus prostrata 'Foemina')
(Juniperus squamata)
(Juniperus conferta)
(Rhapis excelsa)
(Lantana montevidensis)
(Grewia occidentalis)
(Liquidamber sp.)
(Magnolia sp.)
(Ginkgo biloba)
(Arcotostaphylos sp.)
(Acer palmatum)
(Acer buergeranum)
(Melaleuca nesophila)
(Prosopis sp.)
(Havardia mexicana)
(Cuphea hyssopifolia)
(Vitex agnus-castus)
(Morus alba)
(Lagerstroemia indica)
(Myrtus communis 'Compacta')
(Myrtus communis 'Boetica')
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Narrow-leaf Fig
Natal Plum
Norfolk Island Pine
Oak
Oak, Silk
Olive, Black
Olive, Fruitless
Olive, Texas
Oriental Arborvitae
Palm, Lady or Rhapis
Palm, Sago
Palo Verde or Palo Brea
Pear, Flowering
Pepper, Monk's
Pepper Tree, California
Pine, Aleppo
Pine, Eldarica
Pine, Goldwater
Pine, Italian Stone
Pine, Japanese Black
Pine, Norfolk Island
Pink Melaleuca
Pistachio
Pittosporum
Plum, Chinese Sweet
Plum, Japanese Flowering
Plum, Natal
Plum, Purple-leaf
Pomegranate, Dwarf
Privet, Japanese or Wax-Leaf
Procumben Juniper
Prostrate Juniper
Purple-leaf Plum
Pyracantha
Quailbush
Quince, Japanese Contorted
Reticulated Hackberry
Rhapis Palm
Rosemary
Sago Palm
Salt Cedar
San Jose Juniper
Schefflera, Hawaiian Elf
Sedum
Serissa
Shore Juniper
Silk Oak
Silver Berry
Snow Rose
St. John's Bread
Starflower, Lavender
Sumac, African
Sweet Gum
Sweet Plum, Chinese
(Ficus nerifolia)
(Carissa macrocarpa)
(Araucaria heterophylla)
(Quercus sp.)
(Grevillea robusta)
(Bucida spinosa)
(Olea europaea)
(Cordia boissieri)
(Platycladus/Thuja orientalis)
(Rhapis excelsa)
(Cycas revoluta)
(Parkinsonia sp.)
(Pyrus calleryana)
(Vitex agnus-castus)
(Schinus molle)
(Pinus halepensis)
(Pinus eldarica)
(Pinus eldarica)
(Pinus pinea)
(Pinus thunbergii)
(Araucaria heterophylla)
(Melaleuca nesophila)
(Pistache sp.)
(Pittosporum tobira)
(Sageretia theezens)
(Prunus mume)
(Carissa macrocarpa)
(Prunus cerasifera 'Atropurpurea')
(Punica granatum 'Nana')
(Ligustrum japonicum)
(Juniperus procumbens 'Nana')
(Juniperus prostrata 'Foemina')
(Prunus cerasifera 'Atropurpurea')
(Pyracantha sp.)
(Atriplex sp.)
(Chaenomeles lagenaria)
(Celtis reticulata)
(Rhapis excelsa)
(Rosmarinus officinalis)
(Cycas revoluta)
(Tamarix sp.)
(Juniperus squamata)
(Schefflera arboricola)
(Sedum sp.)
(Serissa foetida)
(Juniperus conferta)
(Grevillea robusta)
(Eleagnus sp.)
(Serissa foetida)
(Ceratonia siliqua)
(Grewia occidentalis)
(Rhus lancea)
(Acacia farnesiana)
(Sageretia theezens)
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Tallow Tree, Chinese
Tamarisk
Tea Tree, Australian
Tenaza
Texas Ebony
Texas Olive
Texas Ranger or Texas Sage
Trichodiadema
Trident Maple
Vitex
Wax-Leaf Privet
Weeping Bottlebrush
Weeping Fig
Western Hackberry
White Mulberry
Willow-leaf Fig
Willow, Desert
Wintersweet
Wisteria
Yaupon Holly
Zelkova
(Sapium sebiferum)
(Tamarix sp.)
(Leptospermum scoparium)
(Havardiana pallens)
(Ebenopsis ebano)
(Cordia boissieri)
(Leucophyllum frutescens)
(Trichodiadema sp.)
(Acer buergeranum)
(Vitex agnus-castus)
(Ligustrum japonicum)
(Callistemon viminalis)
(Ficus benjamina)
(Celtis reticulata)
(Morus alba)
(Ficus nerifolia)
(Chilopsis linearis)
(Chimonanthus praecox)
(Wisteria sp.)
(Ilex vomitoria)
(Zelkova serrata)
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GROUP I
HARDY, EASY TO GROW
GROUP II
FAIRLY HARDY
GROUP III
DIFFICULT AT TIMES
GROUP IV
CHALLENGING, DIFFICULT TO GROW
GROUP V
NON-WOODY PLANTS


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